On the structure of unemployment benefits in shirking models |
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Institution: | 1. Iowa State University, Ivy College of Business, Department of Marketing, Ames, IA 50011-1350, United States;2. Dankook University, College of Business Administration, 126, Juk-jeon, Su-ji, Yong-in, Gyeong-gi 448-701, South Korea |
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Abstract: | An increase in unemployment compensation is commonly argued to raise unemployment in a shirking model of efficiency wages. This prediction is based on the assumption of a uniform benefit level. However, 32+13if differential benefits for shirkers and non-shirkers exist, higher unemployment compensation for non-shirkers will reduce unemployment. In the long-run, this effect is amplified. Therefore, not only the level of benefits influences unemployment in an efficiency wage economy but also eligibility conditions, the effectiveness with which benefits are administered and, more generally, the institutional design of the unemployment insurance system. |
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